Alaska earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 20 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 20 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Dec 8, 2019, 4:40 AM AKST (13:40 UTC), 160 km (100 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 25 km S of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.1 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2019-12-08 13:40:19 UTC
Depth
160.2 km (99.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.766° N, 163.685° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.7 km horizontally, 8.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
171°
Stations used
20

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 39 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.623 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 2.090 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 1.621 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2485 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 2.321 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2484 days ago · -2 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 2.081 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 48 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 2.020 km WSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 85 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 2.281 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 3.05 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 111 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 2.296 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 2.077 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 2.797 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 34 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 1.851 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 2467 days ago · 70 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 3.124 km NNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 184 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 2.283 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 2.873 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 65 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 3.525 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 83 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 3.026 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 81 km deep · 27 km away
  19. 1.644 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 52 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 2.785 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  21. 2.217 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 78 km deep · 36 km away
  22. 2.632 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
  23. 2.6102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 42 km deep · 97 km away
  24. 2.541 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 68 km deep · 86 km away
  25. 2.5101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  26. 2.066 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
  27. 2.486 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 62 km deep · 81 km away
  28. 3.135 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 91 km deep · 38 km away
  29. 2.187 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 53 km deep · 69 km away
  30. 2.774 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
  31. 3.3112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 34 km deep · 99 km away
  32. 2.5110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  33. 2.960 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 48 km deep · 63 km away
  34. 1.953 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 52 km deep · 76 km away
  35. 1.838 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 79 km deep · 37 km away
  36. 2.2111 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 38 km deep · 100 km away
  37. 2.770 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 80 km deep · 98 km away
  38. 2.611 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 112 km deep · 66 km away
  39. 2.291 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 70 km deep · 98 km away

Before

  1. 2.321 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.994 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 62 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 2.096 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 39 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 1.934 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 61 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 2.6111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 2.822 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2500 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  7. 2.590 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2500 days ago · 30 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 1.920 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 2501 days ago · 88 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 2.169 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2502 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 2.094 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2503 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 2.2107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2503 days ago · 51 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 2.191 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 49 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 2.073 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2516 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 2.549 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2517 days ago · 71 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 1.997 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2517 days ago · 59 km deep · 95 km away

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